I'm absolutely giddy about our record. Never would have guessed it at the end of either of the last two seasons.

We're well back of the Yankees in every scoring / batting stat, and yet we have had nothing like the injuries they have faced this season.

http://is.gd/zuMxii

In the majors we're 8th on base, 10th in runs scored, 12th in slugging and 13th in batting average. I think we need more offense if we want to keep this streak alive.

We're second only behind Atlanta in earned runs allowed, which is pretty amazing considering what we might have projected with our starting rotation. With Lackey injured / Ace spot starting, I would never have guessed that Dempster, Dubront and the bottom of the rotation could possibly have been so productive.

I'm really happy that we're winning, but I also think we could use more offense. Looking at two guys that combined for 53 HR in 2011, wouldn't it be nice if we could get at least 40 from between the two of them?

Looking at two guys that combined for 53 HR in 2011, wouldn't it be nice if we could get at least 40 from between the two of them?

I'd like 20 SBs from Papi, but it's unlikely to happen. Pedey has one season with more than 17 HRs. Ells has one season with more than 9 HRs. You shouldn't expect 20 HRs from guys that simply don't hit 20 HRs.

"Hits with Power" is Papi's job title, so I don't apologize for wanting a little more power from the other two.

You can want anything you want, but Las Vegas is built on people expecting things that are illogical. And your analysis left out WMB. Maybe what you should do is to go on FG to see their projections. They project Ellsbury for 13 and Pedey for 14. Maybe they 'want' 40, but they are projecting a total of 27.

No one picked us first in the AL East, and if we don't find a bit more hitting / power, this can't last.

FWIW, we're 3rd in scoring, more or less where we are supposed to be. The league leader last year averaged 4.99 rpg. We are averaging 5.00 this year. If we average 5.00 for the year, we'll be doing fine.

With all the talk of Ells getting mega $$ at the end of the season, I was basing his performance more on 2011 than other injury shortened seasons.

If we want to just throw that season out as an abberation, and say that he is more like the 2008, 2009 Ellsbury, and only good for 10 HR, then sure, hoping for anything like 40 HR between the two would be unrealistic.

But take away that power and he's not the MVP-ish player that commands the kind of money that he and Boras are thinking about.